ImageSkill PixPattern User`s Manual
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1. i ImageSkill Software PixPattern v 1 0 IMAGE SKILL User s Manual Table of Contents mage KI GONW seisseen cece anna i Ea mentee ia seen a eee eee ere eee eee ee 1 Fe SE E o EEE AE AE T A ETE E EAE E EE A E EE E E 1 MP ee OIA ots ct oa pe cnc Sa eens SA EE E EE E A A E A TEE T E TAE TET 1 Laliga alite 1 a a REEE E A AEA E ar re A E A AEA A ne ee eee ee eee EEA eee E A ee 2 Features at glance n nnenneeoenoenorernrrrrrrrrnrrurrrrrnrrrrrnrrurrnrrarrarrarrarrtrrurrarrarrarrneraenner aen ner aenneren 2 System TA CEI oS AS erisrerra perii anan E REEN DEE ENED ENERE ENEE EE 2 Cetna Tecnica UPP eserine nn EEEE Er een ee ETEA eee ee 2 Ea EREE U E o A AEA ALA AN ALA AIE AAE AE ee ee AEA A T 3 HS TAU and uninstalliM cn cccccacecccnveccaacacatacaveceepdceececuscendecgadessanpademesendddseeruncceeeceaceeeainedemdsersdcane 3 Ole all gic it ch en nee ree eee eee E eee ee ee 4 tae TODO geen meee ere en eee ere an en ee ee a en ee ee ee E eee ee eee eee 5 B Processing parameters sicaniscrvarireinncianeisvarineianciansaeterbeedandiandiatartheianciandiatabtewiandiandiadanieedacaien 5 WONO WI PKP AUG esnan eE eee data ie eae nonora 6 SoLo AU MI EE A ce E E E A T A PEN E A E E N E eee ee 6 Daca cae E e ATEA A EEN AEA AAA AT AA A AT 6 Semea e E a E E E AE A E E A AE E E AAEE EE E E A E 6 ocrnpting ACHOnNS TEMUNE s arscsrsciprepr Errn rene RE NEEE RERNE RENERE KEDE PERENE PEN eee nee eee eee EE m RNET 8 FAG and Troubleshooting Emenee ea eee tee2. 003 Win XP Win NT Vista Win7 both 32 and 64 bits Hard Drive you must have free space about 10 Mb RAM 64Mb Miscellaneous mouse or other pointing device You must have suitable graphic host software see below Getting Technical Support lf you have any trouble questions feature requests or notes please contact us at the following addresses E Mail support imageskill com Web site http forum imageskill com You can get the help you really need ImageSkill Software 2006 2010 2 ImageSkill PixPattern User s Manual Getting Started Installing and uninstalling Run setup file Installer s engine automatically selects an appropriate language during installation but still leaves a way for the user to choose language manually from the drop list PixPattern Ss Please select a language NE L_ cancel _ Then the program will ask you to close all other of the running applications After accepting the terms of agreement the installer finds suitable graphic hosts Choose one of them from a list If you want to install plug in in other folder select ttem Other path and set folder for installation In this case you must set Plug ins path of your graphic host to setup folder ImageSkill PixPattern 1 0 Setup Choose a graphic host from the list Image Skill PixPattern 1 0 will install self here ImageSkill Setup will install InageSkill PixPattern 1 0 in the Following folder To install in a other Folder cl
3. Adius EeoS Layers Objects Selections Window Hep gt tte s um b P ked T rA Crrect Browse gt Zoom out K Zoom in BS A eratzi Selection type Aod smoothing DE Piem Sdection type Mod 7 Smooctteng ERFT 1 aa BB vice al layer Errects a E Oo Y IMG_21052 27 Ba _ Artistic Effects Lastortion Effects fut hedo Effects W R Edoe Effects Leome gt nrc Frertg Ihevination Effects image trhects Photo Effects Reflection Effects Texture Effects Liser Defined Fiker lf you do not see PixPattern in menu see our tutorial See at our forum Adjust plug in parameters to achieve a desirable result See parameters description above ImageSkill Software 2006 2010 7 ImageSkill PixPattern User s Manual PixPattern 97 Q c 2006 2010 ImageSkil a Press OK button and return to the host Scripting Actions feature Some graphic hosts support scripting feature In Corel Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8 9 X X1 X2 it named as scripts in Adobe PhotoShop 6 7 CS CS2 actions Using this option you can batch process a few images You have to create script action at first e Open an image e Start script recording File gt Script gt Start Script Recordind or button on script tool bar ImageSkill Software 2006 2010 8 ImageSkill PixPattern User s Manual I Corel Paint Shop Pro x File Edit Wiew Image Adjust Effe
4. Pro Photo X2 Source data Plug in can process RGB or Grayscale image with 8 or 16 bits channel only with or without transparency If you have an image in another mode CMYK LAB etc PixPattern will be disabled in the Effect menu lf you want to work with palette image like GIF palette BMP etc you must transform it to 24 bit color image at first using Ilmage gt Increase Color Depth gt 16 Millions Colors 24 bits Change language The PixPattern has five lingual interface English German French Spanish and Russian To e the language in the process of working with the plug in you need to click on Preferences item and select Change language Then choose an appropriate language from the drop list and click OK button Close the application and restart it again to apply the new language Preferences Transparency Select language English United States Selection Change language Lok Starting PixPattern Run your graphic host Open an image for example camera shot in JPG graphic format Now you can run the PixPattern plug in use Effects gt Plugins gt Image Skill gt PixPattern menu item So just now we have suitable data RGB image with 8bit chanall and we can run PixPattern using Effects gt Plugins gt Image Skill gt PixPattern command ImagesSkill Software 2006 2010 6 ImageSkill PixPattern User s Manual Y Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 IMG 21052 Fie Edt yew image
5. amily e Run Customize command View gt Customize e Choose Script tab e Select PixPattern script select desirable icon form thumbnails below e Press Bind button Customize a fs rio T AF PixPattern gt PixPattern Now you can place this button on any toolbar for PixPattern quick launch NOTE Adobe Photoshop 7 CS CS2 have the similar possibilities for scripting creation and batch processing For details see Abode Photoshop help ImageSkill Software 2006 2010 11 ImageSkill PixPattern User s Manual FAQ and Troubleshooting can not find PixPattern in graphic host s effect menu The PixPattern like other our products is Adobe compatible plugin It is mean that this product can work as plug in with any graphic editor that supports Photoshop s plug ins Corel Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7 8 9 X X1 X2 XnView All Adobe graphic family etc In most cases installer detects the suitable host automatically and copy plugin in needed place But some cases alpha or beta version of products international or custom version installer fail But any case you can attach plugin to host Check is there plug in in Plug Ins graphic host s folder or set path to plug in using graphic host s Preferences option Re run your graphic application For Corel PSPX 2 you can find Background Remover in Effects gt Plugins gt Image Skill menu You can see how to attach plugin to Cor
6. cts Layers Objects Selections Dewees aE i W Presets Zoom 36 J 7 sisi plugin r pE se p kai Loom out lin Zoom more Actual size Start Script Recording e Run PixPattern plug in Effects gt Plugins gt Image Skill gt PixPattern e Adjust plug in parameter for achieve desirable result Press OK button e Save script recording File gt Script gt Save Recordind or button on script tool bar E Corel Paint Shop Pro IMG_1273 JPG Fie Edit Wiew Image Adjust Effects Layers Objects Selections Window He a Sle H 6 WA e Ai E TI T Tt p Enhance Phot Anckual size a a Zoom out fins A A 4 oom more Presets Zoom O 4 A A plugin cl a Save script as PixPattern PspScript for example Save in O Scripts Restricted E CS BEL MSi Psp cript MS PspScript t plug_ini PspScript plug _in PspScript resize Psp cript ImageSkill Software 2006 2010 9 ImageSkill PixPattern User s Manual Now you have script that executes PixPattern plug in by default this script is saved in Script Restricted folder see more detail in PSP help So you can use this script for images batch processing or you can Customize your workspace by placing a button for this script to a toolbar Batch Processing Run Batch Process command File gt Batch Process Batch Process X Sel
7. ect images for processing by Files to process E PhotoWMG_1348 PG E PhotoWMG_1744 JPG E PhotoWMG_1780 JPG E PhotoMG_1796 JPG E PhotoMG_1836 JPG E PhotoMG_1848 JPG E PhotoMG_1850 JPG E PhotoIMG_1920 JPG E PhotoWMG_1975 JPG E PhotoMG_1996 JPG E PhotoMG_1997 JPG E Photo MG _2057 JPG E PhotoMG_2096 JPG E PhotoIMG_ 2097 JPG E PhotoWMG_2105 JPG E PhotoWMG_2146 JPG E PhotoWMG_2167 JPG E PhotoWMG 2172 JPG Script Browse Remove From List Stop on enor If Use Script PixPattern n Save Mode C New Type Copy BMP Windows or 0572 Bitmap Bmp I Silent mode C Script Save Upton Pe Browse Imageskill Software 2006 2010 Browse button Choose PixPattern as script You can run it in Silent mode and then all images will processed with the same plug in parameters as you recorded SCript The plug in windows won t be appearing lf you run it in Interactive mode you will able adjust plug in parameters in plug ins main window Result will be saved depended of Save Mode parameter Choose the Copy and set output folder In this case the result will be saved in this folder with the same name Press Start button The selected images will be processed ImageSkill PixPattern User s Manual Customize your workspace You can customize your workspace in Corel JASC Paint Shop Pro f
8. el Jasc PaintShopPro http forum imageskill com index php topic 1551 0 html For Adobe family you can find Background Remover in Filters gt Plugins gt Image Skill menu You can see how to attach plugin to Adobe graphic family Photoshop PhotoShop Elements http forum imageskill com index php topic 1128 msg1210 html msq1i210 lf you have no graphic editor you can use Background remover with good free editor XnView http forum imageskill com index php topic 1502 0 html I can not run PixPattern or PixPattern is grey out in graphic host s effect menu Graphic hosts disable the plug in if the current image is not suitable for use with Background Remover Image must be in RGB format with 8 or 16 bit channel and must have a layer i e image must have 4 channels R G B and Alpha If image has CMYK LAB Grayscale or something other than RGB format you have to convert it to RGB If image has no layer you have to create it at first How does plug in process selection The PixPattern affects to selected area only The unselected area is still unchanged The unselected area is shown with red semi transparent color in main plug in window Plug in deals with the bounding box selection ImageSkill Software 2006 2010 12 ImageSkill PixPattern User s Manual Image with selection The unselected area is filled by Result of the processing semi transparent red color NOTE If you did not find answer on your questions write y
9. ick Other location and select another Folder IF you install plug in in not Plug ins Folder of your host program you must set plugin s path to setup Folder Click Install to continue other location Adobe Photoshop Elements amp Jasc Paint Shop Pro 9 0 Create program s shortcuts Tmageskill Software 2006 2010 Plug in can work under the following graphics host properly e Adobe Photoshop 7 CS CS2 CS3 CS4 e Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 4 5 6 7 8 e Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7 8 9 e Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X X1 X2 X2 Ultimate e Corel Photo Paint 11 12 X4 e Xara Xtreme Xara Xtreme Pro e Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006 ImageSkill Software 2006 2010 3 ImageSkill PixPattern User s Manual Plug in may be compatible with other graphic hosts as well In order to uninstall plug in run uninstaller file uninstall exe or use Add and Remove Programs item in the Control Panel of Start Menu User interface PixPattern has 2 main sections see description below A Toolbar B Processing parameters Pressing the OK button causes the returning to graphic host with applying object extracting Pressing the Cancel button causes the returning to graphic host without source image changing The Help button runs short HTML help You can save and load set of parameters in preset files Presets SAN Preset is a file where values of plug in parameter are written You can add and dele
10. our questions to support imageskill com or send them to support forum http forum imageskill com ImageSkill Software 2006 2010 13
11. te any preset except Default Plug in processes image data automatically after any parameters changing PixPattern 48 Check and drag to scroll image in desired direction c 2006 2010 ImageSkill Progress bar and prompting line are placed at the bottom of the main window ImageSkill Software 2006 2010 4 ImageSkill PixPattern User s Manual A Toolbar Zoom zoom in and out of the image when working with fine details Preferences choose this item to change preferences Pan let you scroll image in any direction The active tool is marked by black border Tool Name Q Zoom B Processing parameters Effect use this button for a choosing a mosaic type Scale deals with the size of mosaic elements Effect Description Zoom in and out of the image when working with fine details Click to zoom in Right click to zoom out Use mouse wheel to zoom The title bar of the main window displays the zoom percentage Let you scroll image in any direction Click and drag to scroll image in a desired direction Using this item you can change preferences like chessboard size and color selection annotation and language Angle deals with the orientation of the mosaic elements Imageskill Software 2006 2010 ImageSkill PixPattern User s Manual Working with PixPattern All example commands and images shown below are valid for Corel Paint Shop
12. ter e ee eieiei eisiea 12 can not find PixPattern in graphic host s effect MENU cccccccsecceeeeeeceeeseeseeeseeceeeseeeaeeees 12 can not run PixPattern or PixPattern is grey out in graphic host s effect menu 006 12 How does plug in process selection ccc ccaccecavcieevosdexececeestcesecdeaeeeceveteesceleueeeesistyenes eeeceecteesseets 12 ImageSkill PixPattern User s Manual Introduction PixPattern is a Photoshop compatible plug in for Windows designed by ImageSkill Software that can work with both commercial software like Adobe Photoshop Adobe Photoshop Elements Corel Jasc Paint Shop Pro Microsoft Digital Image Suite and free software like XnView IrfanView It allows you to apply beautiful mosaic artistic effects to your photos by choosing a mosaic type from a predefined set of differing mosaic shapes The plugin keeps the original color content of your photo being able to keep the same color within any separate mosaic element You can enhance the mosaic effect by adjusting the size and orientation of the mosaic elements PixPattern has a stylish user friendly intuitive multi lingual interface Features at glance e Original algorithm of an image transformation into a mosaic e Wide effects range e Support script action e 16 bit image support e Multilingual interface English German French Spanish Russian System Requirements Computer Pentium 400MHz Operation System Win2000 Win2
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